Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 13, Number 95, Decatur, Adams County, 21 April 1915 — Page 1

Volume XIII. Number 95.

BRISK BIDDING I • [ Twenty Coal Companies Compete for City’s Yearly Supply—Council AWARDS CONTRACT ; To Lorain Coal & Dock Co. —No Skating Yet Will Buy a Ford. Competition was brisk among the I twenty different coal companies, | which had their bids filed with the | city council last evehing, which met I in regular session, for the purpose of •’’( awarding the contract to the lowest I bidder for the city's yearly supply of ■ coal. Besides the awarding of the ■ coal bids the contract for the year’s | supply of oil and for the hauling of K the coal from the raildoads to the city I- water and light plant were also K awarded. The reading of the minutes of the glast regular meeting was suspended Son account of the many other business matters that needed the attention of the cctancil. The engineer's E specifications on the Indiana street ■ improvement were placed on file and K upon motion referred to the street and ■ sewer committee. Later on in the E evening a motion rescinding the forS. mer one about referring the matter '.to the street and sewer committee Kwa< made and the specifications ap- ' proved. The resolution ordering the improvement and giving notice to' property owners to appear before the 1 Hbouncil with any objections to it on ■■Tuesday, May 8, was also passed and adopted. I A petition from property owners : asking for a curb and sidewalk along , the west side of Market street was referred to the street and sewer com■i Kiittee. 1 ■' The proof of publication giving no- i tlce to bidders was then placed on record and a motion made to proceed with the opening o' bids. John Coffee ' was the only person seeking the con- ’ tract for the hauling of the coal. Five oil companies had their bids filed ; for the year’s oil supply, while twenty i coal companies were competing for i the coal contract. After the bids had , meen made a motion was made to hold an executive session and then award the contract. The street and sewer commiteo, to which had been referred the petition of C. C. Linn for a sewer reported I favorably on the matter and ordered the improvement made. Upon motion the city engineer was instructed to prepare the profiles and specifications needed >n the proposed improvement. A petition signed by about five hundred citizens asking the council to amend the roller skating ordinance was read and a motion made to accept it and place same on record. To the petition was attached the form of an ordinance which would permit roller skating in certain parts of the city at a specified time. As no action could be taken in the matter last evening the ordinance was referred to the judiciary committee, they to report at the next meeting, which will be held Tuesday, May 4. The clerk was then ordered to give nr tice of receiving bids for the building of sidewalks within the city. The electric light and waterworks superintendent was instructed to sell some old machinery at the waterworks plant for the sum of S3OO. As the city is in great need of an automobile, the purchasing committee was empowered to buy a Ford truck. ; it was moved and seconded that the city street commissioner give a public notice, compelling every person to clean up alleys, etc. g The purchasing commiteo was instructed to buy a car load of screen togs. .. ft The finance committee then allowed the following bills and a motion was made to go into executive session: Jesse C. Hurst * 19 ’ 60 Milt Leavell ”’ 6 ’’* Wemhoff Monumental Works. 10.07 Adams Express Co I, ‘‘ ■lsaac Chronister pay roll .... 99.70 A. C. Foos pay roll ro».~v ; C. C. Linn 21,60 Lawrence Electrical Co ,6j | Waterworks pay roll ib,bo M. J. Mylott pay roll 184.50 j: Commercial Coal Co 87.13 G. R. & I. R. R 84,09 50 St;.. City Firemen 11 *l7 T. A. Leonard 11

DECATUR. DAILY DEMOCRAT

I Orval Harruff 2.821 Uiganda Mfg. Co 411.601 National Mill Co 4:1.67 Police pay roll 70.00 Ft. Wayne Gas Welding Co. .. 15.37 F. C. Summers 75 Orval Harruff 37.50 The Executive Session. As soon as the council had passed into the executive session the different coal bids were gone over and the prices on each and every one figured out. After some time it was found that of the twenty different companies with blds filed the Ixirain Coal & Dock company of Columbus, Ohio, was the lowest, and a motion was made to award them the contract. Their bids were as follows: Island Creek, West Va., mine run, 80c; Island Creek, West Vt„ half nut and half slack, 65c; Islank Creek, W. (Continued on Page 2.) o TO SEVER TIES Os Matrimony—Jennie E. Lewton Brings Suit for Divorce from PERRY V. LEWTON I Says He Was Morose and Sullen and Called Her Names. Jennie E. Lewton asks court to sever the matromonial ties that have existed between her and Perry Vincent Lew.ton, since March 11, 1897. The date’tf their separation was Monday April 19. Mrs. Lewton asks for the custody of their two children — Jessie Edna, aged 17; and Susannah Geraldine, aged 9; also alimony in the sum of $2,000 and $25 a month for support of herself and children. , Mrs. Lewton alleges tiiat soon after their marriage her husband became mcrose and sullen and treated her i with contempt and scorn, called her I vile names, also threatening to beat her. On last Easter Sunday, she says he struck her in anger and threatened to kick her out of the house. She also charges him with being cruel to their children in her presence and that he threatened to kick their eldest daughter out of the house. Because he carries a loaded revolver and has threatened her, she says she is in fear of him. , Another charge is that she is afflicted with rheumatism and ordered by her doctor to remain in bed, but that her husband failed to provide medical streatment and that her mother was obliged to do so. That he failed to provide clothing for her during their married life, except one cloak and a suit, is another charge, and she says she had been obliged to obtain her clothing from other sources. Mr. Lewton she says, is the owner of real and personal property valued at $3600, and that he is able to earn SBO a month. She says he is the owner of real estate in this city valued at $3,000, a part of the money paid on same being furnished by her mother. Because of his treatment to her, she says she can no longer live with him. She asked a restraining order preventing her husband from encumbering or disposing of his property until the cause can be determined, and also asks for an allowance for support. Peterson & Moran are her attorneys. 0 UNCLE HEZEKIAH OBSERVES. A person that could live up to the standard demanded by the neighbors should sprout wings and fly away. A prospective groom that can pass muster in running the gauntlet of all the bride’s relatives, need have no fear of the worst that can come in eternity. A flirt is one artistic enough in love-making to steer clear of botli di--1 lemnas—marriage 4ml a breach of promise suit. :— o — 1 rummage sale. i 1 A rummage sale will be held the > first of May by the officers of the • Mite society. Any one having good. ) clean clothing may notify any one of 1 the following officers: Mrs. C. L. ) Walters, Mrs. Dan Sprang, Mrs. B. J. ) Rice, Mrs. Charles Colter. Mrs. J. D. 7 Daijey, Mrs. Joe McFarland.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening,April 21, 1915.

BUSY ONSTREETS Contractor L. W. Frank Begins Work on Tenth and Eleventh Streets. BIG FORCE OF MEN Albert Brown and Ditching Machine of Monroeville Doing Rapid Work. Spring has opened up a number of activities and among them are the improvements of the streets and roads. South Tenth street and Eleventh street are among the busiest places in this city at present. Contractor L. W. Frank and Ills' force of seventeen men and teams are in the midst of the excavating and grading, and Albert Brown, of Monroeville, with three men, and his large ditching machine are also on the scene. The big ditching machine is rushing rapidly along. The Eleventh street improvement extends from Nuttman avenue to the Krick & Tyndall tile factory and thence west to Thirteenth street. Eleventh street will be stoned and curbed. Tenth street improvement will extend from Monroe street south. This will be thirty-four feet wide and will be stoned. On Tenth street the gas company is busy removing- the old gas pipe ami laying the new. The company desired to have thirty-five men on the job today. BUYS A FORD. John Miller of Preble township has purchased a Ford touring car from the Kalver & Sikes agency. The Ford is equipped with a Gray & Davis self starter. IS WflftCK J. H. Armstrong, White Slaver, Will be Taken Back to Portland, TO FACE THE CHARGE Os Wife Desertion —Also With Fraudulent Check Issuance. The Portland Sun says: “That John Harold Armstrong will yet be brought to Portland to face a charge pending against him in the circuit court, alleging wife desertion, is believed possible by Prosecuting Attorney John O’Neill, who is in receipt of a letter from District Attorney Frank Dailey. The latter says that Armstrong will be taken before the federal grand jury which meets on the first Tuesday in May. The district attorney dees not believe that sufficient evidence can be procured against Armstrong, to warrant his prosecution on a white slave charge, for which he is now being held. In case he is liberated by the grand jury at Indianapolis be will be turned over to Sheriff Cunningham and returned here. Armstrong married Jennie Venora Thompson of this city, took her to Indianapolis the day following their marriage and the next day deserted her, after confessing to a rescue worker that he was a white slaver and had married the girl, intending to place her in a house of shame. He escaped apprehension at that time, but later surrendered himself at Evansville and was turned over to the federal authorities. Not only does he face wife desertion charges in the Jay circuit court but be will also be called upon to answer charges of issuing fraudulent checks, having cashed two bogus checks in this city on the day of his marriage several weeks ago, procuring S2O in money.” o—METHODIST PRAYER MEETING. The prayer service at the Method- . Ist church this evening at 7:30 will . be lead by Waldo Brushwiller. The public is invited.

I DECATUR HOTEL DESTROYED Decatur, 111., April 21 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The Arcade and Decatur hotel buildings in the heart of 1 the business district were destroyed by fire that started in the boiler room early today. Scores of guests were forced to flee. Several were overcome. Adjoining buildings were damaged. A high wind made officials fearful that a general conflagration woulfi develope and Springfield was asked to send help. Later Police Chief Allen contermanded the request. oBIRTH OF A SON Mrs. Mary Steele has received announcement of the birth of a six and a half pound boy, Sunday, April 18, to Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Clem of Bronson, Mich. The babe lias been named Paul Arthur. Mrs. Clem was formerly Miss Mary Miller, a teacher in the Decatur schools. This is the second child and son. BILL Williams’ County Local Option Bill Killed by Pennsylvania House. MEXICANS FIRE ON United States Army Aeropane—Atlantic Fleet Trip # Falls Through. Harrisburg, Pa., April 21—(Special to Daily Democrat) —By a vote of 128 to 78 the house today defeated the Williams county local option bill. This disposes of the question for another two years and during that time it will continue to be the duty of county judges to .pass upon the granting of liquor licenses. Washington, D. C., VP r 'l 21 —(Special to Daily Democrat)--War Secretary Garrison this afternoon received from General Funston a report concerning the firing by Mexicans on a United States army aeroplane near Brownsville. The secretary said he could not make it public for twelve hours, but refused to explain the delay. Despite optimistic unofficial accounts from Brownsville this action was generally taken as indicatiijg the affair was serious. Washington, D. C„ April 21 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Through, the war department the Panama canal authorities today thr.ew cold water on the plan for the Atlantic fleet voyage through the big ditch and up the coast to San Francisco. It was stated that for some time there could be no guarantee that there would be no slides along the canal. It was admitted that it would he strategically serious if a slide divided the Atlantic fleet into two parts. Franklin, Ind., April 21—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Bradford Richardson, a “bad man,” who lias held a sheriff’s party at bay for two weeks, surrendered today. He appeared before the sheriff, saying he decided that the wisest course was to give himself up. Richardson was wanted on the charge of child desertion. Two weeks ago when the sheriff tried to arrest him lie held the party off with a gun and escaped to the hills. Repeated attempts have been made since to capture him. He was released on bonds totaling $750. o ABOUT THE CICK. Mrs. Edith Dicer arrived in the city to nurse W. J. Myers, coming from Warsaw, where she has been nursing the mother of the Hon. Jesse Eschbach for the past three months. Mr. Myers is getting along nicely under ' the circumstances. The daughters, Mrs. Robert Harding, of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Rollo Piter, of Dayton. 0., ■ have been visiting their father. Mrs. I Harding returned to her home last . evening, and Mrs. Pifer expects to re- ■ turn to her home in the morning. The I youngest daughter of Mrs. Emory ; Wilson of Cleveland, Ohio, is exfiect- > ed to visit in the home soon. Mrs. T. V. Johnston was operated upon yesterday at the Hope hospital, Fort Wayne, for the removal of a tumor from the right shoulder. Dr. Porter of Fort Wayne assisted, by - her local physician, performed the 1 operation. The tumor has been grow--3 ing for several years. Mrs. Johnston is getting along nicely.

TO BE INSTALLED i Installation Services for Rev. Jay C. Hanna Will be Held May 7. EXCELLENT PROGRAM Has Been Arranged—Rev. Masters and Other Noted Men to be Present. A more impressive and effective service has probably never been held in the history of the First Presbyterian church of this city than will be that of the installation service on Friday evening. May 7, when Rev. Jay C. Hanna will be duly installed las pastor of that congregation. Dr. ■ Fred Patterson and E. S. Moses, dele gates to the Fort Wayne presbytery, held at Warsaw Monday and Tuesday, were appointed to secure the vis iting ministers to be in charge of the service and their efforts were crown ed with the greatest of success. Dr James A. Gordon of Winona Lake wili preside at the service and will give the charge to the congregation. Rev H. B. Masters, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Fort WlSpne, will deliver the sermon and Rev. Edward Montgomery, pastor of the Third Presbyterian church of Fort Wayne, will deliver the charge to the pastor. Mr. E. F. Yarnelle, also of Fort Wayne, will be present and giv< special music. All of these men arc widely known throughout the coun try and their appearance in this city will be a great treat to the public. During the short time that Rev. Han na has been in the city he has former' a host of friends, not only in th< church but outside as well, and thr public is cordially invited to attem’ this service. —; o MRS. MILLER DEAD Wife of Calvin Miller, Former Decatur Contractor, Died Tuesday AT FORT WAYNE Was 11l Long—Fifty-one Years Old— Funeral Thursday. Mrs. Cal Miller, wife of the former Decatur contractor, died yesterday afternoon at her home in Ft. Waynr . after a long illness of a cancerous i affection, ’the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette says: “Mrs. Mary Alice Miller, t/.e wifi of Calvin Miller, died yesterday aft 1 ernoon at the family residence, 701 Edgewater avenue, at the age of fifty 1 cne years. Deatli was due to compli cations and followed an illness o! several months. “Mrs. Miller was born in Marion 1 Ind., June 20, 1863, and spent her early life there. She was married t< Mr. Miller September 1, 1883. Th< family came to Fort Wayne three : years ago from Decatur and during her residence here Mrs. Miller made many friends who will be grieved to learn of her death. She was a member of the Presbyterian church at Decatur and was a woman of excellent character. “Surviving besides the husband are tlie following children: The Misses Zoa and Ruth Miller and Grover and Charles Miller, at home, and Mrs. Homer Stewart, and Mrs. Charles Loch, of this city. Two sisters, Mrs. Eli McCracken, of Marion, and Mrs. O. P. Shaw, of Peru, and a brother, . Milton Druckemiller, of Marlon, also > survive. “Funeral services will be held - Thursday morning at 9 o’clock at the residence and at 10:30 o’clock the body will be taken to Marion over the 1 interurban for burial at that place.” , Fred Frye Dead. Henry Hite is in receipt of word ■. of the death of his brother-in-law, y Fred Frye, which occurred yesterday e at his home at Maples, Allen county, r- Mr. Frye, who was seventy-three n years of age, had been ill of kidney trouble for some time. Mrs. Frye is

the sister of Mr. Hite. The family Is well known in this city, where they have often visited. The funeral will be held tomorrow. 0 . .—. —— TESTIMONY IS LIMITED Syracuse, N. Y., April 21, —(Special to Dally Democrat)-—Col. Roosevelt’s testimony of by-partisan bosslsn charges against William Barnes was greatly limited today by a ruling of trial Justice Andrews. The ruling cuts out much sensational evidence planned by the defense in the $50,000 libel suit and was regarded as a serious setback for Roosevelt. Andrews ruled that Roosevelt can not testify regarding matters not specially raised in justification of the libel charges and must limit his testimony to such matters in his answer. ARESNAKEITOUT Girls Well Known in This City Caught in Toils of Ft. Wayne Police. THE HOTEL EDWIN Implicated—Girls Are Given a Jail Sentence and a Fine. The Fort Wayne News says: “When the county commissioners, several weeks ago, granted Ed Klcindinst a renewal of his license to conduct the. notorious Hotel Edwin, the excuse given by that august body was that i there had been no evidence brought ’ before them of any wrong-doing at the Edwin or of any soliciting hein lone there by women. That excuse was blasted today, for County Com-. missioner Schwier was called to the city court by Prosecuting Attorney Calahan to hear the evidence given by four women regarding “dates” be-' ! ng made there in the case, a practice for which the place has become notorious throughout Indiana. Tlie evidence was clear stod the county commissioner could not have misunderstood the text of it and the reason for him being sent for. “Edward Shepherd and Wililam lones, of Huntington county, were “snaked” out of rooms at 714 Harrison street, where they had been with Iditn Baumgartner ana Lucy Schaf tier by Bailiff Eisenhut and Officer ( Kintz. The girls testified to having - met the men at the Edwin and taken them to their rooms, while the men i pulled the old story of being led int<>| the trap blindly, they, in their innocence, not knowing where they were going. Their condition when arrested, however, disproved their alibi and they were fined sls and costs and lit-1 teen days were hung onto them and : onto the Baumgartner girl. The Schaffner woman was given sls and ten days, five days being deducted for her assistance to the state in the prosecution of Ida Guebard, who conducts the place. Tlie Guebard was fined $25 and costs and thirty days for keeping the house. Her record is anything but good, she being another Hotel Edwin habitue. Mike Davis, a foreigner, and Hazel Palmer, arrested at 613 Harrison, also met at the Edwin before they went to the woman’s room, where they were arrested. TJTiey got sls and fifteen days. The testimony in the cases were all clear that the girls had been making the Edwin their hangout and have ben soliciting men there for immoral purposes. The cases this morning will not result in any affidavits against Kleindinst being filed by Chief Lenz, however, as that, officer stated today that “dates" such as were made at the Edwin could also be made at church, rind the proprietor of the Edwin could not know what was going on, and that he would not file an affidavit on such evidence as was given today.” The Fort Wayne Sentinel says fur ther of the affair: “Along with them went Lucile Schaffner, Edith Baum gard and Hazel Palmer, their soul mates of an hour, who got sls and costs each and fifteen days, with the exception or Lucile, who was made to feel that life is worth living, by remission of five days of the convention sentence because she furnished the , testimony on which Mrs. Ida Guebard, madame of a rooming house at 714 , Harrison street, was convicted of ■ keeping a house of ill-fame. Madame ■ drew $25 ana costs and thirty days, toi (Continued on Page 2.)

Price, Two Cents

BIG LOVE FEAST Will be Held by Democrats ( of Indiana at Tomlinson Hall Next Wednesday. 1 - MR. REDFIELD COMING I | Head of National Department of Commerce to Talk About Good Times. (By Lew Ellingham) Indianapolis, Ind., April 21 —The re- ' publican state organization, with L. O. Hamilton of the Columbia club as chief bell weather, aided and abetted by James E. Watson, James P. Goodrich, William L. Taylor. Harry New, Arthur R. Robinson. Quincy Meyers et al., every one of them a candidate for office and a politician before they are patriots under a democratic administration, have been parading this J state ami relishing in half-baked I truths about the ruinous tariff, democratic incompetency and hard times. They have overindulged themselves and in the meantime have displayed\ the fact that they know how to stretch the truth when it comes to dealing with the problems of government when a world wide war is in progress. But 1 am glad to note the fact that the Indiana democracy has pinched itself, is wide-awake, and quite soon will be holding down a part of the stage, and what is better i will be telling the dear people the j truth about the tariff, business condil tions, the national and state administrations. The ball will open with a , state-wide meeting to be held in this city on next Wednesday, winding up in the evening with a meeting .at I Tomlinson hall, the speaker and center of attraction upon that occasion i being Hon. W. C. Redlieid, secretary of commerce, in President M|lson’s cabinet. It will be a grand, glorious democratic occasion to which the public is invited. William Cox Redfield, of Brooklyn. I New’ York, As a manufacturer and business man by occupation, for five years being connected with the R. Hoe & Co., manufacturers of printing presses. From 1907 to the time he became a member of the cabinet he was president and a director of the American Blower Co., of Detroit, a company that manufactured engines, heating, ventilating, drying ami coolling apparatus. Mr. Redfield had charge of the exiairt and marine department and gave a great deal of thought to trade conditions. He was president of the American Manufacturing Export association, and is still president of the national society for the promotion of Industrial education. :In addition to many trips to Europe for the purpose of study of business conditions in that country, in 1910 and 1911 he made a trip around tlie world for this same purpose, visiting Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Java, Singapore, Burma, India, France, England and Holland. In 1912 he wrote a book, “The New Industrial Day." This is the gentleman who opens the campaign in Indiana for the purpose of giving the public, a truthful analysis of business, business conditions and the business future. It will be no cheap political address by a cheap politician looking ’ for an office. It will be time and mon- ’ ey well spent for any manufacturer 1 and business man in Indiana to hear ’ Mr. Redfield. His message will be 1 well worth hearing. -o ■ WILL REPLY TO MOTE 1 Washington, April 21. — (Special to ■ Daily Democrat)— Secretary Bryan toss day announced that this afternoon he I will hand to German Ambassador ■' Bernstoff an answer to the latters note of April 5 in which United States ' government was drastically accused a of violating neutrality in permitting i- exportation of arms to the allies. The I secretary could not state what form 1 the answer would take. a GOT MATERIAL FOR BOOK. i An eastern minister who invaded ? the underworld to get material for a . book is made defendant in a $25,000 I breach of promise case brought by a I cabaret singer. It would be “some > book” that could make enough on - royalties to pay the cabaret singer's heart balm.